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The Sweetest Getaway | Novel
The Sweetest Getaway by Sasha Preston Released: August 26, 2025 Genre: Cozy Heist Age Recommendation: 16+ Available: eBook & Paperback on Amazon, Apple, Google, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble The Sweetest Getaway is about Nari and Jennifer - two roommates who have different outlooks on life. Jennifer is your typical "goodie two shoe", but with some persuasion from Nari she gives in and joins Nari on a heist that she thought would just be a one-time event. Nari would describe

Kara Chatham
Dec 1, 20252 min read


33 | patience, possibilites, & peace
Everyone always talks about how when one door closes another opens. But what if you intentionally close the door?

Kara Chatham
Oct 13, 20252 min read


Forgive Me | Novel
Forgive me is about a college English professor who has a reputation for being harder than neccessary and his graduate assistant who is starting her final year of grad school. Both characters have complex pasts that they would like to leave behind, and despite their colleague and student-professor relationship statuses that are the most obvious obstacles as to why they cannot be in a romantic relationship, they cannot help but fall for each other.

Kara Chatham
Sep 22, 20252 min read


The Night Agent | Novel
NOTE: there is always a chance for spoilers. When I watched the first season of the show that is based on this novel, I somehow missed...

Kara Chatham
Jan 25, 20252 min read


Hillbilly Elegy | Memoir
I wonder how many will choose to pick up this novel because the author will be sworn in to office as Vice President of the United States...

Kara Chatham
Jan 6, 20253 min read


32 | Looking Back & Looking Forward
Last year the question I proposed to myself as a challenge to be able to answer honestly this year: can you look back at the last year...

Kara Chatham
Oct 13, 20241 min read


31| the good one
Here we are again, looking back at the last year as well as looking to what the next year will bring. Some times it seems like this...

Kara Chatham
Oct 13, 20232 min read


The Cold Plunge Nudge
regardless of how hard some things may seem, it's worth it to do the hard things

Kara Chatham
Jul 31, 20234 min read


The Hope Dialect | iNRevisit
NOTE: It is interesting to see how our perception of different things change as we go through life. Today's post is not your typical iNR....

Kara Chatham
Mar 13, 20234 min read


Anastasia | Animated Film vs. Stage Production
A bit of a historical dive before we get into the details of the animated film and the broadway production: the Grand Duchess Anastasia...

Kara Chatham
Dec 18, 20224 min read


Headless | Webseries
From the creators of Edgar Allen Poe's Murder Mystery, Invite Only/Gala for Friends Potlock (aka Poe Party), comes another fun literary...

Kara Chatham
Dec 12, 20224 min read


30 | Thoughts on Thriving
As the pattern that has been established with these, let's briefly look back at twenty-nine. BUT! Let's look back through video rather...

Kara Chatham
Oct 13, 20222 min read


Top Gun: Maverick | film
Overview Script by: Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, & Christopher McQuarrie Story by: Peter Craig & Justin Marks Characters Created by:...

Kara Chatham
Sep 3, 20224 min read


Persuasion (2022) | film
Overview Writer: Ron Bass & Alice Victoria Winslow Director: Carrie Cracknell Director of Photography: Joe Anderson Starring: Dakota...

Kara Chatham
Jul 25, 20223 min read


The Outfit | film
Overview Writer: Johnathan McClain & Graham Moore Director: Graham Moore Director of Photography: Dick Pope Starring: Mark Rylance, Zoey...

Kara Chatham
Mar 22, 20223 min read


Death on the Nile | film
Overview Based on the Novel by Agatha Christie Writer: Michael Green Director: Kenneth Brannah Director of Photography: Haris...

Kara Chatham
Mar 8, 20223 min read


Spider-Man: No Way Home | Film
Spider-Man: No Way Home Based on Comics by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Writer(s): Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers Director: Jon Watts Director of...

Kara Chatham
Jan 12, 20223 min read


29 | Last of a Decade
No surprises here - today marks the start of the final year of my twenties. How was 28? Twenty-eight held: the start of the League of Lit...

Kara Chatham
Oct 13, 20212 min read


Faith in Fiction: The Lion, The Witch, & the Wardrobe
One of my favorite things is finding how the faith of others shines through without them intentionally planning it to be where you see it.

Kara Chatham
Apr 4, 20214 min read


28 | Continuing What I Started
Honestly, it's crazy to think that another year has come to an end and a new one starts today. Twenty-seven was a new start because I had...

Kara Chatham
Oct 13, 20202 min read
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